- having
regard to Court of Auditors Special Report No 10/2008 on EC Development
Assistance to Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa,

- having
regard to the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations of 18 September
2000, which sets out the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as criteria
established collectively by the international community for the elimination
of poverty,

- having
regard to the Commission Communication of 7 October 2005 entitled 'Speeding
up progress towards the Millennium Development Goals - The …

CAPE TOWN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Immediate
steps are needed to avert a potential catastrophe as climate change dries
up water resources in drought affected areas, hitting poor farmers, a United
Nations report said on Thursday.

The vast majority of the world's malnourished
people, estimated at about 830 million people, are small farmers, herders
and farm labourers, pointing to devastating effects from global warning
and requiring a tripling of yearly farming aid to poor countries.

"Climate change threatens to intensify
water insecurity on an unparalleled …